The Hallidays Team share their views on all the latest news and gossip in IT and technology.
As it is world password day we thought we’d give you a brief look into the past and explain how passwords came to be and why they have become a more flawed system as time has progressed whilst also giving a look into the future to see what we might be using soon and explaining [...]
With the financial sector being the most targeted industry among cyberattacks, Credit unions are increasingly becoming more of a target for cybercriminals. Last year alone, Zscaler, a cloud security company, witnessed 57 Million phishing attempts within the financial industry alone. Although anyone and any company are vulnerable to cyber-attacks, credit unions are particularly vulnerable due [...]
US Law enforcement has shut down one of the largest cybercriminal marketplaces in the world used to sell sensitive data to the highest bidder. RaidForums has had its domains seized and the founder and chief administrator Diogo Coelho faces charges of conspiracy, access device fraud, and aggravated identity theft among others. The Department of Justice [...]
Funky Pigeon is a greeting card company that allows customers to customize the card that they are buying with different designs and names already printed on the card. The British retailer owned by WHSmith has suspended any new orders coming through its website after it reported a “cyber incident” on Tuesday. The cyberattack was discovered [...]
Phishing emails that impersonate a WhatsApp voice message feature are making the rounds. Stealing people's personal information via a form of malware. The attack starts as any other phishing attack starts and that’s with an email claiming to be a notification from WhatsApp of a private voice message. The email contains a date for the [...]
